Björk: Voltaïc

Leave it to Björk to make a concert release that can be treated as part of her regular body of work rather than a side note. While Björk fans have occasionally complained about the amount of repackaging of her albums, Voltaic reaffirms just how important the live aspect is to her music, and provides a couple of different perspectives on it as well. Volta sparked a particularly inspired and lavish tour that, arguably, ended up being bigger than the actual album was, but tapped into the most dramatic, primal, and elegant aspects of Björk's art overall. It's fitting, then, that the chronicles of the Volta tour are just as thoughtfully crafted as the shows were.

Music

Björk

(Self)

Mark Bell

(Beats, electronics (self))

Aðalheiður Þorsteinsdóttir

(Choir, Alto Vocals (self))

Guðrún Finnbjarnardóttir

(Choir, Alto Vocals (self))

Sólveig Samúelsdóttir

(Choir, Alto Vocals (self))

Hugi Jónsson

(Choir, Bass Vocals (self))

Brynja Guðmundsdóttir

(Choir, Soprano Vocals (self))

Inga Harðardóttir

(Choir, Soprano Vocals (self))

Margrét Sigurðardóttir

(Choir, Soprano Vocals (self))

Guðmundur Vignir Karlsson

(Choir, Tenor Vocals)

Þorbjörn Sigurðsson

(Choir, Tenor Vocals (self))

Chris Corsano

(Drums, Percussion (self))

Bergún Snæbjörnsdóttir

(French Horn (self))

Særún Ósk Pálmadóttir

(French Horn (self))

Jónas Sen

(Piano, Harpsichord, Organ (self))

Sigrún Jónsdóttir

(Trombone (self))

Björk Níelsdóttir

(Trumpet (self))

Valdís Þorkelsdóttir

(Trumpet (self))